- 著者
- Masahide Usami Shoko Sasaki Hikaru Sunakawa Yusuke Toguchi Syuichi Tanese Kiyoshi Saito Rena Shinohara Toshinari Kurokochi Kaori Sugimoto Kotoe Itagaki Yukino Yoshida Saori Namekata Momoka Takahashi Ikuhiro Harada Yuki Hakoshima Kumi Inazaki Yuta Yoshimura Yuki Mizumoto
- 出版者
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- 雑誌
- Global Health & Medicine (ISSN:24349186)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.3, no.2, pp.119-121, 2021-04-30 (Released:2021-05-08)
- 参考文献数
- 8
- 被引用文献数
- 7
COVID-19 causes very serious issues all over the world. In Japan, the number of new infections in Tokyo exceeded 2,000 for the first time on 7 January 2021, and the situation is becoming increasingly serious. Japan is in the midst of its third big outbreak. Japanese society will face several challenges regarding children's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to develop healthy minds in children, it is important to view the changes in children's minds in a positive light and promote their healthy emotional development while correctly fearing COVID-19. This sense of social stagnation and uncertainty is likely to increase feelings of insecurity and isolation among children. It is also important to prevent the repetition of child abuse in the home due to parental unemployment, alcohol problems, and reduced contact with non-family members in stay home and the recession as a result of COVID-19. During the pandemic, adults should be sensitive to the unusual behavior of children. We propose six suggestions of care for children during the COVID-19 pandemic.